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The Plot Against the President

But the Washington Post reporter says but we have a transcript, well they were read a...

But the Washington Post reporter says but we have a transcript, well they were read a transcript
that says the opposite

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But the Washington Post reporter says
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but we have a transcript,
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well they were read a transcript that says the opposite.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:07
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.
So we go into General Flynn's office - The Plot Against the President 00:04
So we go into General Flynn's office
I can't remember which phone call - The Plot Against the President 00:04
I can't remember which phone call
What really struck me was, wait a minute, - The Plot Against the President 00:10
What really struck me was, wait a minute,
It was so highly classified I didn't even know - The Plot Against the President 00:08
It was so highly classified I didn't even know
And yet somehow the Washington Post had a copy of it. - The Plot Against the President 00:05
And yet somehow the Washington Post had a copy of it.
- [Informant] When the David Ignatius article came out of - The Plot Against the President 00:08
- [Informant] When the David Ignatius article came out of
He gave us this indication that something wasn't right, - The Plot Against the President 00:14
He gave us this indication that something wasn't right,
And the internal effect was a lot of people - The Plot Against the President 00:06
And the internal effect was a lot of people
It was basically the chief of staff - The Plot Against the President 00:08
It was basically the chief of staff
- [Informant] So Flynn is really coming - The Plot Against the President 00:08
- [Informant] So Flynn is really coming
It seemed very unusual that the vice president - The Plot Against the President 00:07
It seemed very unusual that the vice president
We now know that it was because he had come - The Plot Against the President 00:08
We now know that it was because he had come
- Informant] They're constantly - The Plot Against the President 00:11
- Informant] They're constantly
Maybe if we get rid of Flynn it will calm down. - The Plot Against the President 00:05
Maybe if we get rid of Flynn it will calm down.
- I could tell people were out to get him fired. - The Plot Against the President 00:04
- I could tell people were out to get him fired.
And also I was trying to appeal to people's self interest - The Plot Against the President 00:10
And also I was trying to appeal to people's self intere...
I can remember at about 6.30 that night - The Plot Against the President 00:09
I can remember at about 6.30 that night
We were urging him to try to see if he could just go - The Plot Against the President 00:04
We were urging him to try to see if he could just go
He's like, I'm not gonna go and, - The Plot Against the President 00:06
He's like, I'm not gonna go and,
My sense was always that the president was reluctant - The Plot Against the President 00:04
My sense was always that the president was reluctant